. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Walter Clark, right, discusses beach policy with a workshop participant. Clark, North Carolina Sea Grant coastal law and policy specialist, is current president of The Coastal Society. Clark explains that TCS has a reputation for being proactive by bringing new informa- tion to the table and providing a forum for discussion and debate. One such forum is the biennial TCS conference — designed as a venue to exchange information, cross-pollinate ideas and develop strategies. The information, ideas and strateg
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Walter Clark, right, discusses beach policy with a workshop participant. Clark, North Carolina Sea Grant coastal law and policy specialist, is current president of The Coastal Society. Clark explains that TCS has a reputation for being proactive by bringing new informa- tion to the table and providing a forum for discussion and debate. One such forum is the biennial TCS conference — designed as a venue to exchange information, cross-pollinate ideas and develop strategies. The information, ideas and strategies are exponentially multiplied as members test them in their real-world settings, Clark says. That momentum has kept TCS viable through the years, he adds. It also supports a premise espoused by Clark: "As long as there is time and energy, we can influence results — often for the common ; The North Carolina Connection Clark shares the TCS leadership legacy with other North Carolinians with Sea Grant ties. The roster of TCS past presidents includes: ? William A. Queen, director of the Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources at East Carolina University, TCS president 1988- 1989; ? Lauriston R. King, director of the doctoral program in coastal resource manage- ment at East Carolina University, TCS president 1989-1990; and ? Michael K. Orbach, director of the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, TCS president 1996-1997. Queen joined TCS during its start-up years. He was impressed with the interdisciplinary character of the fledgling organization. "Problems are best solved by people from different disciplines learning to work together to share information and reach conclusions," Queen says. "Almost any topic, from offshore drilling to estuarine water quality, must take a diversity of interests into consideration — the natural environment, coastal processes, socio- economic and political ; His own research bears an in
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